It’s all about keeping the thousand rollingstock engineering workers in Maryborough employed until after the election, Prof Q. They’ll all be sacked then, because the privatised QR will be buying waggons from China, but the short term problem will have been fixed, and isn’t that the only issue that counts with this government?

Well surely it doesn’t matter it if it is a luxury service, or a service that will only benefit a few. If it improves a service that makes money, then surely that is of benefit to the whole state anyway?